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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Agonis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Myrtales > Family: Myrtaceae

Four species, native to western Australia; three species are cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Agonis flexuosa (Willow myrtle)

Native to western Australia.

 

Agonis juniperina (Juniper myrtle)

Native to western Australia.

 

Agonis linearifolia

Native to western Australia.

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.